📚Book recommendation:

Scott Peterson, operating as a foreign correspondent, bore witness to Somalia's plunge into conflict and its struggle against US forces, the spiritual deterioration of Sudan's Holy War, and the horrific genocide in Rwanda - a chilling event from the past century. In his book "Me Against My Brother," Peterson masterfully weaves these chronicles into a comprehensive narrative, highlighting the profound impact of these collapses extending beyond African borders.

In Somalia, Peterson recounts his harrowing encounters with clan conflicts, weaponry, and famine. He ventured into the realm of warlords, confronted death firsthand, and narrowly escaped a mob in Somalia. Grounded in the reality of the situation, he meticulously traces how the US-UN humanitarian effort escalated into a full-scale war, becoming a defining post-Cold War debacle for America.

His journey takes him to Sudan, a region rarely explored by journalists, where he navigates both sides of the religious divide. Peterson unveils that external "relief" only prolonged the conflict in Sudan, emphasizing how misguided interventions can perpetuate hostilities. Turning his focus to Rwanda, his personal involvement in the genocide and a meticulous analysis offer a rare perspective on this human catastrophe.

Bringing readers into the midst of these events with visceral detail, "Me Against My Brother" underscores how preemptive measures and a deeper comprehension of Africa, particularly by the United States, could have averted significant suffering.


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🟠🇺🇦⚔️🇷🇺🇳🇪 The Art of Hybrid War: The Black Sea, Sahel, and a World on the Brink

In a world teetering on the brink, recent developments in Ukraine's heralded yet failed counter-offensive have ignited geopolitical tinderboxes from the frosty Eastern European landscapes to the sun-baked terrains of Africa. The theatre of war has expanded far beyond the flashpoints of traditional conflict zones, thrusting us into a new era of global turbulence and revealing the art of hybrid warfar.

As alliances shift like desert sands and old rivalries rekindle with renewed ferocity, hidden machinations are being laid bare, exposing an intricate web of intrigue, ambition, and betrayal. On the surface, battles rage with relentless intensity; beneath, shadowy power plays unravel, manipulating the very strings of global order through the sophisticated dance of hybrid warfare.

With each passing week, the ripples of this war extend geopolitically, surging from the Black Sea, now entangling Turkey and other neighboring states; inching towards the Baltic region, where countries around Kaliningrad brace for potential impacts; as Poland's actions raise concerns of an invasion, risking a wider conflict involving Belarus and Russia; and astonishingly, the Sahel and mid-Africa now also face the unfolding ramifications.
The ramifications are profound, reaching into the economies and cultures of far-flung lands, affecting not just the powerful but the ordinary citizen grappling with uncertainty and fear. Markets tremble, borders are redrawn, and national identities are redefined as nations grapple with existential choices in this intricate game of hybrid warfare...

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🇺🇦💥🚢🇷🇺 The water is being pumped out from the tanker "Sig," which suffered a breach due to a Ukrainian drone attack, and the vessel is afloat, according to the Russian Maritime and River Fleet.

Ballast water treatment has been carried out. Inflow of onboard water has been stopped. Drainage equipment has been deployed. Preparations are underway to pump out aft ballast tanks and install a patch.

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🇺🇦💥🚢🇷🇺 Video of the Ukrainian Navy Drone attack on the "Sig" tanker was published.

Looks like the attack on a civilian tanker was no accident.

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🇺🇸💥🇺🇦🇹🇼 Washington is preparing the same fate for Taiwan as the fate Ukraine experienced. The conflict around Taiwan is necessary for Biden to distract voters from the domestic problems of the United States, said Volodin.

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🇺🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧 Lack of English language proficiency has become an issue for Ukrainian pilots preparing for F-16 training, according to Politico.

➡️Currently, only 8 Ukrainian pilots are ready for training.

➡️Another 20 pilots will have to undergo English language courses before they can be allowed to operate the planes.

➡️At this time, the training program has not yet been finalized.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦🇬🇧 In an attempt to mitigate the threat posed by the Ka-52 helicopters, the United Kingdom is considering the option of providing Ukraine with makeshift short-range mobile air defense systems equipped with "air-to-air" ASRAAM IR missiles. These missiles would be mounted on the chassis of the Supacat HMT truck.

The ASRAAM IR missiles home in on the target's thermal emissions and can be launched from an aircraft up to a distance of 25 km. However, launching the missile from a ground platform would significantly reduce its effective range and the likelihood of successfully hitting the target.

Via: @milinfolive

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🇵🇰 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to 3 years in prison for fraudulent sale of valuables from the state treasury.

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🇸🇦🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukraine will make a renewed push this weekend at a gathering in Saudi Arabia to win the support of dozens of countries that have remained on the sidelines of the war — the start of a broader campaign in the months ahead to build the diplomatic muscle to isolate and weaken Russia.

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia invited diplomats from some 40 governments to talks in the Red Sea port of Jeddah. Notable among them were China, India, Brazil, South Africa and some of the oil-rich Gulf nations that have tried to maintain good relations with both Ukraine and Russia throughout the war, which began in February 2022.

Many of the invited governments reject the very concept of choosing sides, framing the war as a contest between global powers that they want no part in, and even with the event fast approaching, it was unclear how many would attend.

The meeting is the starting point of what is expected to be a major Ukrainian diplomatic push in the coming months to try to undercut Russia. It began on Wednesday, when President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine recalled his ambassadors for an emergency strategy session on how to get the country’s message out to the world.

He told the ambassadors they must use every tool at their disposal — “official and unofficial, institutional and media, cultural diplomacy and the power of ordinary human sincerity” — to convince both steadfast allies and nations that have largely stayed neutral that the only road to a lasting peace is complete Russian defeat.

New York Times

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⚠️ 🪖🌍 If you were listening to Sarah's interview on the Aussie Cossack Show you may have heard a caller, Michael, tuning in from Ghana.

He mentioned something interesting. Michael said "Wagner" is present in Burkina Faso, Mali, CAR and allegedly have just arrived in Niger.

🐻 Of course, take this news with a pinch of salt...

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🚨 11:49 Local

✈️ 4 MiG-31K's took off from Savasleyka Air Base in Russia

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🇺🇦🤡☢️ Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov said that Ukraine is unlikely to be able to produce its own nuclear weapons. But he said that there are precedents in the world when partner countries transfer such weapons.

"As for the arsenal that was confiscated from us, let's be realistic, it is hardly possible at all (to restore it - Ed.). And not only on some political issues, but also on technological ones. This is a very difficult situation Those intercontinental missiles that were on the territory of our country are a complicated thing," Danilov said on the air of the telethon.

However, he stressed that now there are countries that do not themselves possess nuclear weapons, but they are provided by NATO member countries.

“There are such cases. Whether it will work in our case, I can’t tell you now, because this is a difficult, responsible and hard job,” the NSDC Secretary believes.

🐻 These clowns in Ukraine seem to still live in an alternate reality.

Soviet nukes = Russian nukes. Ukraine never had any nukes.

Literal example, if I park my car on your driveway, the car still remains mine…

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🇺🇦🤡 The head of the SBU considers the strikes on the Crimean bridge and Russian ships "logical" and "legal" because they are in the "territorial waters of Ukraine."

Vasyl Malyuk's words were published in the TG channel of the special services.

He is also confident that such attacks are effective against the enemy and they will continue.

"If Russia wants this to stop, then it must leave this sea area and territory, and the sooner the better," Malyuk said.

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🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦 Once again, the AFU are launching an offensive near Orekhovo: heavy battles are ongoing on the Zaporozhye front. - @RVvoenkor Report

➡️The leadership of the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues to send waves of infantry to attack Russian positions in the fields along the Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovo line.

➡️The Ukrainians are actively using cluster munitions, supporting the infantry's offensive actions.

➡️Ukrainian assault groups are constantly moving under fire without armored vehicle cover, attempting to break through to Russian trenches.

➡️Intense rifle battles are taking place in several sections.

➡️Russian artillery is effectively targeting the advancing Ukrainian forces.

➡️Despite sustaining significant losses, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are persistently pushing forward.

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